Brody's Broodello :
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I'm not sure where the blue/splash comes in but that just a very very dark partridge. I had one almost just like her - a friend has her now.... Interesting case scenario for all of us genetic flops. Ask April, she'll know...
Felt my ears burning, so here I am. It appears that there is pattern gene ie partridge in this blue line of the breeder birds. So when the birds are breed together, both parents carrying the gene, they are throwing the odd Partridge bird. Being that the birds are blue (dilute of black) these blue partridge birds are coming out. Since partridge is just a pattern over a solid color, you get basically a Blue silkie with a partridge pattern. I call these F1's at my house, I have found that breeding these to another partridge patterned bird, you get a better coloring or pattern on the next generation, ie more even coloring. Hope this helps!
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I'm not sure where the blue/splash comes in but that just a very very dark partridge. I had one almost just like her - a friend has her now.... Interesting case scenario for all of us genetic flops. Ask April, she'll know...
Felt my ears burning, so here I am. It appears that there is pattern gene ie partridge in this blue line of the breeder birds. So when the birds are breed together, both parents carrying the gene, they are throwing the odd Partridge bird. Being that the birds are blue (dilute of black) these blue partridge birds are coming out. Since partridge is just a pattern over a solid color, you get basically a Blue silkie with a partridge pattern. I call these F1's at my house, I have found that breeding these to another partridge patterned bird, you get a better coloring or pattern on the next generation, ie more even coloring. Hope this helps!
Thank you so much for this great and helpful information. I have a nice partridge but she is dark also. Guess I'll wait and see what happens and whether or not my chick is a he or a she.
